NCAA Tournament March Madness

#256 Radford

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Radford’s profile points to an automatic qualifier path because there are no marquee nonconference wins and the program’s best victories have come against low-end opponents such as Coppin St and St Francis PA while neutral-site showings against Wright St and Cleveland St were disappointing. Road trips to major programs like North Carolina, South Carolina and SMU turned into decisive defeats and additional losses away at William & Mary and Winthrop mean the resume lacks the road success committees reward. Conference play has been uneven with home setbacks to UNC Wilmington and UNC Asheville balanced by road wins at SC Upstate and Gardner Webb yet the remaining slate mostly lines up against routine league opponents rather than resume-changing tests. With limited high-end wins and several damaging losses the clearest way for this team to reach the bracket is to secure the conference’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3W Illinois355W80-75
11/11@North Carolina33L89-74
11/15(N)Wright St146L92-59
11/16(N)Cleveland St320L87-82
11/18@South Carolina72L87-58
11/21UNC Wilmington121L81-73
11/24@SMU31L89-72
12/3Southern Miss230L82-75
12/7St Francis PA357W89-56
12/14Coppin St364W107-77
12/18@William & Mary141L96-83
12/21VMI350W97-90
12/31@SC Upstate294W76-69
1/7Presbyterian274W80-61
1/10UNC Asheville217L91-72
1/14@Gardner Webb363W89-80
1/17Longwood276W85-83
1/21@Winthrop126L76-75
1/24High Point9624%
1/29@Charleston So22733%
1/31@Presbyterian27444%
2/4Winthrop12634%
2/7@High Point9610%
2/14Charleston So22755%
2/19Gardner Webb36394%
2/21@UNC Asheville21732%
2/26SC Upstate29469%
2/28@Longwood27644%